Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: ap·pro·pri·at·ed, ap·pro·pri·at·ing, ap·pro·pri·ates (-t)1. To set apart for a specific use: appropriating funds for education.2. To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission: Lee appropriated my unread newspaper and never returned it.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English appropriat, from Late Latin appropritus, past participle of approprire, to make one's own : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin proprius, own; see per1 in Appendix I.
appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, confiscate, preempt, usurp These verbs mean to seize for oneself or as one's right: appropriated the family car; arrogated the chair at the head of the table; commandeered a plane for the escape; confiscating stolen property; preempted the glory for herself; usurped the throne. See also synonyms at allocate.